Henry Joly Dixon is a retired member of the

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, who served from 1993 to 2003 as Director of International Affairs in the

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of the

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. Before that he served in the cabinet of

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, where he was described as "his right-hand man on

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". In 1999 he was appointed as Deputy Special Representatives for the

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(UNMIK), in charge of reconstruction. After leaving the European Commission in 2003 he has held a range of posts, most notably as a Commissioner of the

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and as Chair of

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’s Fiscal Policy Panel.

Honours

Dixon was appointed a

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(CMG) in 2004.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dixon, Joly Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Living people 1945 births